Machu Picchu is in the country of Peru. It is about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Cuzco in the Cordillera de Vilcabamba of the Andes Mountains. It is perched above the Urubamba River valley in a narrow saddle between two sharp peaks,Machu Picchu (“Old Peak”) and Huayna Picchu (“New Peak”), at an elevation of 7,710 feet (2,350 meters).
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